Greater Manchester to set up its own track-and-trace system from next week

hereIts local triage hub will ultimately be staffed by up to 200 skilled contact tracers, with points of contact in each local authority and key public body, including the police and fire service.

Rochdale Town Hall car park.The facility - one of only three of its type in the country - is for residents who are displaying Covid-19 symptoms but unable to visit drive-through sites due to not having their own transport.It is a self-testing site - meaning those who use it have to perform the procedure themselves, under guidance from staff - and has the capacity to carry out 16 tests an hour.The facility, off Packer Street, is one of the government’s Local Test Sites (LTS).

The Manchester Evening News is on the lookout for the region's best lockdown dog.

On Monday, health secretary Matt Hancock returned to a buzz-phrase that has become increasingly prevalent as government moves England into the next phase of its pandemic response.

Former Love Island contestant and ex-cop Mike Boateng has published an angry tirade against his former employer Greater Manchester Police, accusing the force and individual officers he has named of being racist.

The number of reported hospital admissions for coronavirus in Greater Manchester is now higher than at any point since late April, having risen for the second week in a row.

Greater Manchester leaders have pledged to build ‘stronger dialogue’ with local black communities in the wake of the ‘callous murder’ of George Floyd.

Lockdown has ‘pretty much ended’ in the eyes of criminals in light of ‘significantly weakened’ social distancing guidelines, says Greater Manchester’s deputy mayor.

Salford has the highest rate of deaths from coronavirus in Greater Manchester, figures show.

Council bosses in Tameside have warned that government funding for coronavirus costs doesn’t ‘touch the sides’, with the town hall predicted to face a £48m shortfall next year.

Fourteen more lives have been lost to coronavirus in Greater Manchester.

Those on the frontline of helping the homeless community have been furnished with more than £350,000 since lockdown began.

McDonald's has been gradually reopening its sites across the UK over the last month.

The recent sunny spell in Greater Manchester has been brought to an abrupt end with rain arriving today.

There are now more than 10,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Greater Manchester.

Parks in Greater Manchester are twice as busy as before lockdown, data has revealed.

Another 15 people have died after contracting coronavirus in Greater Manchester.

The Greater Manchester organisations recognised with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service this year have been announced.

Police are investigating four separate shooting incidents following a violent weekend across Greater Manchester.